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lib are talking to labour please tell me it's not so

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  • zygurat789
    zygurat789 Posts: 4,263 Forumite
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    Don't most of the EU countries have PR?
    It doesn't appear to have produced all the evils we have been promised if we embrace it.
    The only thing that is constant is change.
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    Done and dusted I think, Cameron 1.11 now.

    Cool, I think Cable & Clegg in the cabinet. I would be more than happy with that.
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    Tory/LibDem pact, senior LidDem person say it is the only show in town.

    In reality it was the only one which would work anyway, that is why the last day has drove me bloody barmy.!!!!!!!!!:D
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    StevieJ wrote: »
    Tory/LibDem pact, senior LidDem person say it is the only show in town.


    Oh goodness, well, this could be fun. I can't wait to watch it. :) I think to have a referendum on this business in the future is certainly the way to go: a lot of people want it. nd we might get this sort of buzz more often. who knows, maybe it will engage more people, enough people certainly want i to merit the question being put to us.

    I now have the Carpenters as an ear worm though.:mad:
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    Really2 wrote: »
    In reality it was the only one which would work anyway, that is why the last day has drove me bloody barmy.!!!!!!!!!:D
    not sure if it's the only one that will work but it will be the more stable until they clash on the fundemental policies of both parties. it will last less than a 12 months.

    lib lab would never carry any weight in the commons so was always a non-runner.
  • Sir_Humphrey
    Sir_Humphrey Posts: 1,978 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    Tory/LibDem pact, senior LidDem person say it is the only show in town.

    It looks that way. Fact is, the numbers do not stack up and Labour would not tolerate it. Lord Falkener conceding this as I type.

    Clegg has played his FUBAR situation as well as could be expected as the Brown resignation has leveraged the Tories into conceding some sort of voting reform.

    AV is not my preferred option, but a good thing would be the removal of the need to vote tactically in 99% of case. By ranking preference, the second preference votes would then be given to another candidate who had gained more votes once the first preference candidate had been eliminated. This is used in the London Mayoral Election.

    Example: Parties A, B and C.

    First round: Party A: 40%, Party B: 35%, Party C: 25% Party C eliminated.

    Second round: The second preference votes from Party C would reallocated until another party had over 50%. So if Party C were a no hope party, their supporters could vote for their first preference with their conscience, then have an "insurance" option. However, there is no need to give extra preferences.
    Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. J. K. Galbraith
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    chucky wrote: »
    not sure if it's the only one that will work but it will be the more stable until they clash on the fundemental policies of both parties. it will last less than a 12 months.

    True, I overlooked pact and lumbered it with coalition.
  • StevieJ
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    Done and dusted I think, Cameron [STRIKE]1.11[/STRIKE] 1.05 now.

    Have they announced it? the odds are shortening fast icon7.gif
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    edited 11 May 2010 at 3:53PM
    StevieJ wrote: »
    Have they announced it? the odds are shortening fast icon7.gif

    Not yet, but every man and is dog in Labour are saying they should call it quits etc

    Edit,

    Talks are now over with Labour:T. So it is going to be conservative in some form then by the look of it.
    Your odds were right.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Really2 wrote: »
    Not yet, but every man and is dog in Labour are saying they should call it quits etc

    Edit,

    Talks are now over with Labour:T. So it is going to be conservative in some form then by the look of it.
    Your odds were right.

    So a vote for LibDem wasn't a wasted vote after all.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
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